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jamiemcginlay
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 Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: Coldstream Guards - Coldstream |
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Coldstream Guards - Coldstream, Berwickshire District
The memorial is a large natural rock set on a rough pedestal with the regimental badge and an inscription on the face.
The monument stands in public gardens beside the main road in the middle of the village.
the inscription reads:
THIS STONE WAS PRESENTED
TO THE BURGH OF COLDSTREAM
BY THE COLDSTREAM REGIMENT
OF FOOT GUARDS ON THE DAY
ON WHICH THEY WERE PROUD TO RECEIVE
THE FREEDOM OF THE BURGH
10TH AUGUST 1968
IT WAS FROM NEAR HERE
ON 1ST JANUARY 1660 THAT
GENERAL MONCK CROSSED
THE RIVER TWEED TO START
HIS MARCH TO LONDON
CULMINATING IN THE
RESTORATION OF
KING CHARLES II
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DerekR
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Location: Hawick, Scotland
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This photograph courtesy of Sapper:
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There must be a place under the sun where hearts of olden glory grow young ..... |
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